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(this is from a page in my wee kraft paper art book I draw in every day)

I have been trying to figure out what my word of intention is for the coming year.

What I feel is that I need to fly free within myself.........to fly from the anxiety I sometimes am harnessed with......fly free of self doubt......fly free from body issues and self deprecation. In essence learn to open my wings to new possibilities, new ways to see myself as a total human being who has flaws and strengths and imagination and impatience and love and compassion. The totality of who I am is an amalgam of various aspects of what it is to be human.

I have a fabulous friends in my life, some close to home and some that range all the way to the opposite coast. Some I can actually hug and some I can only virtually hug. But the spirit of the tribe is sustaining......I need to not lose sight of that as it is vital to ones existence.

I have a wonderful, phenomenal, extraordinary husband who loves me beyond measure......and who I love beyond measure. No need to say more because that is the sum of our life together. LOVE! It is the core of everything we are together.

I love art, it is my passion......it is my soul. I need those wings of possibility to take me higher in my daily art and get me off the ground where I occasionally find myself sitting motionless. But I never let it stop me from having a pen or brush or pencil in my hand each and every day. It is the best antianxiety there is.

I am not going to let blogging less frequently be an issue......if I blog every day, once a week, once a month....whatever.....it is my choice to make. I hope there are those out there who will stop by when I do blog and let me know you've been here, it's always a nice thing to know.

So..............My hope, my eagerness, my burning desire.........is to take flight on wings of possibility in 2016!!!

I wish you a very heartfelt HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! May we all fly on the wings of possibility in all aspects of our lives!!

Life is just a bowl of "chairies"......don't take it serious.....it's too mysterious!

Ahhhh, blogging...........I truly have missed it lo these many months. The reality is sometimes you just need to step back and let it all ebb and flow. Right?

I miss the days when there were blogs aplenty....everyone sharing and communicating and connecting. From all over the world. But with Facebook, Instagram and all forms of other social media it has taken the focus off blogging to accomplish those things.

But I have not, and will not, give up my blog. (this past July was my 9th blogiversary)

I am going to try for once a week......................

and I hope if you just happen to stop by you'll give a little comment wave!

Sooooo I'll be trotting along and will be back next week to share some things I've been doing.